Contact Tracing: Computer Software

(asked on 18th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to integrate the results of COVID-19 antibody testing with the results of the NHS contacting tracing app; and what consideration they have given to the implications of integrating these results for privacy protections.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 27th May 2020

There are currently no such plans. If we make any changes to how the app works over time, we will explain in plain English why those changes were made and what they mean for app users and will publish an updated Data Protection Impact Assessment and Privacy Notice.

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